Our research
Research at the Centre for Lifelong Learning
The Centre for Lifelong Learning (CLL) supports research and scholarship related to the broad field of lifelong learning. We interpret learning as taking place throughout our lives from birth through childhood and adulthood to the end of life. It includes lifewide learning across our many different social roles and spaces undergirded by appropriate social supports. Learning is also lifedeep and extends to learning in the particular socio-cultural contexts that give rise to our distinctive values, beliefs, and identities.
We welcome a very wide range of life experience in CLL and support creative and well-crafted research and scholarship projects with potential for individual, social, and/or cultural transformation.
Explore our research
Research Themes
Our research and scholarship are organised in terms of four interconnected themes: concepts; people-focused professions; wellbeing and identity; participation and collaboration. We seek to enthuse staff, students, and the wider community with this vision.
Current staff research
See our staff research interests by selecting the 'Academic, teaching and research' filter in the left column.
Current PhD student research
See our current PhD students and their research projects.
See if you are eligible for a CLL PhD scholarship to cover your tuition fee in researching with us.
Featured Research
Read more featured research from our staff and explore our research projects further.
The Career Development Profession
Dr John Gough
Together with co-author Dr Siobhan Neary, Dr John Gough examines the professionalisation of career development provision in countries across the world.
Feature your research
Are you a member of staff at CLL? Share your research and scholarship by filling a simple online form.